Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-13

in the ecclesiastical court with the UP enug
of the long fingers of the left hand; ana l
remember the other man who TOOK my
hand in both of his and said: "God bless
YOU, my brother; you have entered glor1-
GUS profession; be faithful to God and ne
will see you through" Why. l feel TINS
minute the thrill of that hand-shakinR,
thouoh the man who gave me the Christian
grin has been in Heaven twenty-five years.
There are men to-day who can look back
<, forty years ago, when some one SAID
kind word to them. Now, old men, pay
back what you got then. 1t is great art
for old men to be able to encourage the
Young. There are many young. people
in our own cities who have come from in
land counties of our State-frcm the
granite hills of the North, from the savan.
ms of the South, from the prairies of
the West. They are here to get their for
tune. They are in boarding houses, where
everybody seems to be thinking of himself.
They want companionship and they want
Christian encouragement. Give it to them.
Nv word is to all clerks in this house: BE
mightier than your temptations. Sand
wich Islander used to think when he slew
an enemy all the strength of that enemy
came into his own right arm. And I have
to tell you that every misfortune you con-
ouer is SO much added to your moral power.
With omnipotence for lever, and the
throne of God for fulcrum, you can move
earth and heaven. While there are other
Young men putting the cup of sin to their
Inns. stoop down and drink out of the
fountains of God, and you will rise up
strong to thresh the mountains. The an
clients used to think that pearls were fallen
raindrops, which. touching the surface OF
the sea, hardened into gems, then dropped
to the bottom. have to tell you to-day
that storms of trial have showered imperlsh-
able pearls into many a young mans lap.
Oh, young man! while you have goods to
sell, remember you have soul to save.
In hospital Christian captain,
wounded few days before, got dellrlous,
and in the midnight hour he sprang out on
the floor OF the hospital, thinking that he
was in the battle, crying" Come on, boys!
Forward! Charged" All, he was only bat
thing the specters of his own brain. But it
is no imaginary conflict into which call
you, young man, to-day. There are 10000
spiritual foes that would capture you. In
the name of God, up and at them. After
the last store has been closed, after the
last bank has gone down, after the shuttle
of the quick feet on the custom house steps
has stopped, after the long line of mer-
chantmen on the sea have taken sail of
flame, after Brooklyn and New York and
London and Vienna have gone down into
the grave where Thebes and Babylon and
Tyre lay buried, after the great fire bells
Of the Judgment day have tolled at the
burning of werld-on that day all
the affairs of banking houses and stores
will come up for inspection. oh, what
side, the clerks and the men who employ ed
them-the people who owned thread and
needle stores on the same footing with the
Stewards and the Delanos and the Abbotts
and the Barring. Every invoice made out
all the labels of goods, all certificates OF
stock, all list of prices, all private marks OF
the firm now explained so everybody can
understand them. All the maps of cities
that were never built, but in which lots
were sold. All bargains. All gougings
All snap judgments. All false entries. All
adulteratien of liquors with copperas and
strychnine. All mixing of teas and sugars
and cotfees and syrups with cheaper ma
terial. All enlightenment of trust funds
All swindles in coal and iron and oil anG
silver and stocks. AllSwartouts and Hunt.
| ingtons and Ketchums. On thatday, wher
the cities of this world are smoking in the
last conflagration, the trial will go on; ant
down in an avalanche of destruction viii
go those who wronged man or woman, in.
suited God and defed the judgment. Oh
that will be great day for you, homes
Christian clerk! No getting up early; nc
retiring late; no walking around with
weary limbs; but mansi9. i'll which te
live, and realm of love and light and joy
over which to hold everlasting dominion
Hoist him up from glory to glory, anc
from song to song, and from throne tt
throne; for while others go down into the
sea, with their gold like q milestone
hanging to their necks, this one shall
come up to the heights Of amethyst ant
alabaster, holding in his hand the pearl o
great price in q sparkling, glittering, fam
ing casket.